User`s guide

10 – Performing Diagnostics
Pinging a Target
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The HBA port identifying information displays:
❑ HBA. HBA instance number and HBA model
❑ State. The HBA port state. See section 8.1 for details about the HBA port
state and its correspondence with the HBA icons.
❑ Green background: good
❑ Yellow background: warning
❑ Blue background: unknown
❑ Red background: bad
❑ HBA iSCSI Name. HBA port iSCSI name. The QLogic manufacturing default
name or a name that you assign.
❑ HBA Alias Name. HBA port iSCSI alias name. Symbolic name you assign
to the HBA port for identification purposes.
❑ IP Address. IP address of the HBA port
The Ping tab displays the ping diagnostic fields:
❑ IP. IP address of the target to be tested
❑ Number of Packet(s) (1–10000). Number of packets to test
3. In the IP boxes, enter the IP address of the target.
4. In the Number of Packets box, enter the number of packets you want to send.
Valid values are in the range 1–10000. The default is 1.
5. Click the Start Testing button. The HBA name and Current Operation: Ping
diag display in the status bar.
6. If you want to stop testing before it is complete, click the Stop Testing button.
7. When the test is complete, the Ping Status dialog box displays (see
figure 10-2). Click OK.
Figure 10-2. Ping Status Dialog Box